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Optimisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 ascospore formation and recovery for heat inactivation experiments (2024)
Journal Article
Raleigh, C., Lawrence, S., & Rachon, G. (2024). Optimisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 ascospore formation and recovery for heat inactivation experiments. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 130(2), 70-82. https://doi.org/10.58430/jib.v130i2.48

Why was the work done: Ascospores from Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 are useful biological indicators for validating the pasteurisation of beer. Ascospores are formed by yeast in response to low nutrient conditions and are characterised by greate... Read More about Optimisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRYC 501 ascospore formation and recovery for heat inactivation experiments.

Neural network emulation of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential for more efficient computations in pharmacological studies (2024)
Journal Article
Grandits, T., Augustin, C. M., Haase, G., Jost, N., Mirams, G. R., Niederer, S. A., …Jung, A. (2024). Neural network emulation of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential for more efficient computations in pharmacological studies. eLife, 12, Article RP91911. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.91911.3

Computer models of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential (AP) have reached a level of detail and maturity that has led to an increasing number of applications in the pharmaceutical sector. However, interfacing the models with experimen... Read More about Neural network emulation of the human ventricular cardiomyocyte action potential for more efficient computations in pharmacological studies.

Horse owners' and veterinary practitioners' experiences of decision-making for critical cases of colic (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Freeman, S., Burrell, K., Burford, J., & England, G. Horse owners' and veterinary practitioners' experiences of decision-making for critical cases of colic

Background: The survival of horses diagnosed with critical colic relies on rapid and effective decision-making by owner and veterinary practitioner. Objectives: To explore horse owners’ and veterinary practitioners’ experiences of decision-making for... Read More about Horse owners' and veterinary practitioners' experiences of decision-making for critical cases of colic.

Describing financial crisis propagation through epidemic modelling on multiplex networks (2024)
Journal Article
Bozhidarova, M., Ball, F., van Gennip, Y., O'Dea, R. D., & Stupfler, G. (2024). Describing financial crisis propagation through epidemic modelling on multiplex networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 480(2287), Article 20230787. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2023.0787

This paper proposes a novel framework for modelling the spread of financial crises in complex networks, combining financial data, Extreme Value Theory and an epidemiological transmission model. We accommodate two key aspects of contagion modelling: f... Read More about Describing financial crisis propagation through epidemic modelling on multiplex networks.

Objective QC for diffusion MRI data: artefact detection using normative modelling (2024)
Journal Article
Cirstian, R., Forde, N. J., Andersson, J. L., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Beckmann, C. F., & Marquand, A. F. (2024). Objective QC for diffusion MRI data: artefact detection using normative modelling. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00144

Diffusion MRI is a neuroimaging modality used to evaluate brain structure at a microscopic level and can be exploited to map white matter fibre bundles and microstructure in the brain. One common issue is the presence of artefacts, such as acquisitio... Read More about Objective QC for diffusion MRI data: artefact detection using normative modelling.

A Successful Transnational Cold War Intervention?: Revisiting the Heung Yee Kuk’s “Goodwill” Tour of Britain’s Chinatowns, 1967-1970 (2024)
Journal Article
Rawcliffe, D. (2024). A Successful Transnational Cold War Intervention?: Revisiting the Heung Yee Kuk’s “Goodwill” Tour of Britain’s Chinatowns, 1967-1970. Contemporary British History,

Most ethnic Chinese living and working in Britain in the late 1960s were from Hong Kong’s New Territories. Many of these British migrants blamed the Hong Kong government for importing cheap foodstuffs and driving farmers off the land to build new inf... Read More about A Successful Transnational Cold War Intervention?: Revisiting the Heung Yee Kuk’s “Goodwill” Tour of Britain’s Chinatowns, 1967-1970.

Unravelling the complex speciation of halozincate ionic liquids using X-ray spectroscopies and calculations (2024)
Journal Article
Seymour, J., Gousseva, E., Towers Tompkins, F., Parker, L., Alblewi, N., Clarke, C. J., Hayama, S., Palgrave, R., Bennett, R., Matthews, R. P., & Lovelock, K. R. J. (2024). Unravelling the complex speciation of halozincate ionic liquids using X-ray spectroscopies and calculations. Faraday Discussions, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4FD00029C

Using a combination of liquid-phase X-ray spectroscopy experiments and small-scale calculations we have gained new insights into the speciation of halozincate anions in ionic liquids (ILs). Both core and valence X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)... Read More about Unravelling the complex speciation of halozincate ionic liquids using X-ray spectroscopies and calculations.

Experimental Comparison of Spark and Jet Ignition Engine Operation with Ammonia/Hydrogen Co-Fuelling (2024)
Journal Article
Ambalakatte, A., Cairns, A., Geng, S., Varaei, A., Hegab, A., Harrington, A., Hall, J., & Bassett, M. (2024). Experimental Comparison of Spark and Jet Ignition Engine Operation with Ammonia/Hydrogen Co-Fuelling. SAE Technical Papers, 2024, Article 01-2099. https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-01-2099

Ammonia (NH3) is emerging as a potential fuel for longer range decarbonised heavy transport, predominantly due to favourable characteristics as an effective hydrogen carrier. This is despite generally unfavourable combustion and toxicity attributes,... Read More about Experimental Comparison of Spark and Jet Ignition Engine Operation with Ammonia/Hydrogen Co-Fuelling.

A successful transnational cold war intervention?: revisiting the Heung Yee Kuk’s “goodwill” tour of Britain’s Chinatowns, 1967–1970 (2024)
Journal Article
Rawcliffe, D. (2024). A successful transnational cold war intervention?: revisiting the Heung Yee Kuk’s “goodwill” tour of Britain’s Chinatowns, 1967–1970. Contemporary British History, 38(3), 404-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2024.2341135

Most ethnic Chinese living and working in Britain in the late 1960s were from Hong Kong’s New Territories. Many of these British migrants blamed the Hong Kong government for importing cheap foodstuffs and driving farmers off the land to build new inf... Read More about A successful transnational cold war intervention?: revisiting the Heung Yee Kuk’s “goodwill” tour of Britain’s Chinatowns, 1967–1970.

Addressing air quality challenges: Comparative analysis of Barcelona, Venezuela, and Guayaquil, Ecuador (2024)
Journal Article
Morantes, G., Rincon, G., Chanaba, A., & Jones, B. (2024). Addressing air quality challenges: Comparative analysis of Barcelona, Venezuela, and Guayaquil, Ecuador. Heliyon, 10(8), Article e29211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29211

This study presents a willingness-to-pay (WtP) questionnaire that was designed, validated, and applied to assess perceptions of air quality and self-reported health in two middle-income South American cities: Barcelona and its neighboring cities (Ven... Read More about Addressing air quality challenges: Comparative analysis of Barcelona, Venezuela, and Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Recommendations for quantitative cerebral perfusion MRI using multi‐timepoint arterial spin labeling: Acquisition, quantification, and clinical applications (2024)
Journal Article
Woods, J. G., Achten, E., Asllani, I., Bolar, D. S., Dai, W., Detre, J. A., …the ISMRM Perfusion Study Group. (2024). Recommendations for quantitative cerebral perfusion MRI using multi‐timepoint arterial spin labeling: Acquisition, quantification, and clinical applications. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 92(2), 469-495. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.30091

Accurate assessment of cerebral perfusion is vital for understanding the hemodynamic processes involved in various neurological disorders and guiding clinical decision-making. This guidelines article provides a comprehensive overview of quantitative... Read More about Recommendations for quantitative cerebral perfusion MRI using multi‐timepoint arterial spin labeling: Acquisition, quantification, and clinical applications.

COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Brooke-Sumner, C., Rapiya, B., Myers, B., Petersen, I., Hanlon, C., Repper, J., & Asher, L. (2024). COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 30, Article a2207. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v30i0.2207

Background: People with severe mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, and their family caregivers are underserved in low- and middle-income countries where structured psychosocial support in the community is often lacking. This can present... Read More about COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa.

Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family adhesin (2024)
Journal Article
Tyson, J., Radford, P., Lambert, C., Till, R., Huwiler, S. G., Lovering, A. L., & Sockett, R. E. (2024). Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family adhesin. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 3078. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47412-3

The bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predator of other Gram-negative bacteria. The predator invades the prey’s periplasm and modifies the prey’s cell wall, forming a rounded killed prey, or bdelloplast, containing a live B. bacteriovorus. Re... Read More about Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family adhesin.

Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family (2024)
Journal Article
Tyson, J., Radford, P., Lambert, C., Till, R., Huwiler, S. G., Loverering, A. L., & Sockett, R. E. (2024). Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family. Nature Communications, 15, Article 3078. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47412-3

The bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predator of other Gram-negative bacteria. The predator invades the prey’s periplasm and modifies the prey’s cell wall, forming a rounded killed prey, or bdelloplast, containing a live B. bacteriovorus. Re... Read More about Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family.

When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2024). When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

Tracing a brief genealogy of the emergence of queer theory in Mainland China, this chapter identifies three key historical moments when queer theory travelled to the People’s Republic of China at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of... Read More about When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China.

Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality (2024)
Book
Jamie J., Z., & Bao, H. (Eds.). (2024). Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003273943

This Handbook offers a rich survey of topics concerning historical, modern and contemporary Chinese genders and sexualities.

Exploring gender and sexuality as key dimensions of China’s modernisation and globalisation, this Handbook effectively si... Read More about Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality.

Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. J., & Bao, H. (2024). Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

This introduction to the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality provides an overview of the edited volume. In this chapter, the co-editors of the Handbook discuss the book’s disciplinary interventions and scholarly contribution, as well a... Read More about Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies.

When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2024). When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

Tracing a brief genealogy of the emergence of queer theory in Mainland China, this chapter identifies three key historical moments when queer theory travelled to the People’s Republic of China at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of... Read More about When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China.

The origin of the characteristic shape and scatter of intergalactic damping wings during reionization (2024)
Journal Article
Keating, L. C., Puchwein, E., Bolton, J. S., Haehnelt, M. G., & Kulkarni, G. (2024). The origin of the characteristic shape and scatter of intergalactic damping wings during reionization. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 531(1), L34-L39. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slae022

Ly α damping wings in the spectra of bright objects at high redshift are a useful probe of the ionization state of the intergalactic medium during the reionization epoch. It has recently been noted that, despite the inhomogeneous nature of reionizati... Read More about The origin of the characteristic shape and scatter of intergalactic damping wings during reionization.

Unlocking the Dual Helical Ribbon for rotational viscosity measurements of highly heterogeneous fluids (2024)
Journal Article
Giancontieri, G., Hargreaves, D. M., Partal, P., & Lo Presti, D. (2024). Unlocking the Dual Helical Ribbon for rotational viscosity measurements of highly heterogeneous fluids. Materials and Design, 241, Article 112920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112920

Road bituminous binders are becoming more complex since, to enhance properties and/or engineer circular economy, the conventional binder is enriched with modifiers of different nature giving birth to a final-product recognisable as highly heterogeneo... Read More about Unlocking the Dual Helical Ribbon for rotational viscosity measurements of highly heterogeneous fluids.